Compendium’s library of dental eBooks is your resource for self-study CE credits. Wide-ranging in topic and scope, the CE articles are curated from opinion leaders in their respective disciplines and present the trusted, authoritative content you expect from Compendium in convenient digital formats, each focused on a clinical theme or category. Download a free eBook now and continue your education.
This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that highlights the use of digital technology to document, evaluate, and render treatment to a patient diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea.
This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that presents an overview of the history of direct esthetic restorative materials, namely composite resins. A second article showcases a method for the direct restoration of worn dentition that is an alternative to conventio...
Rehabilitation does not guarantee esthetic results. Nonetheless, the challenges of addressing both within the same case often inspire creative thinking by the restorative team. This Compendium eBook offers two articles that attest to that, first with a continuing education (CE) article on h...
This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that describes how teledentistry offers an innovative solution to resume dental practice during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This article will also explain how teledentistry can be particularly useful in...
This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that delves into concerns that may face dentist-anesthesiologist teams who are treating patients with Huntington’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. Accompanying this CE offering is a case report on how distr...
This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article presents recently reported associations between oral and systemic health, as well as mechanisms recently uncovered through which oral bacteria influences systemic conditions.
This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that discusses and includes a case study that, to the authors’ knowledge, is the first report of a robotic-assisted dental procedure with quantitative accuracy analysis for prosthetically driven planning and immediate plac...
This Compendium eBook offers a continuing education (CE) article that explores implant abutment and restoration design with respect to risk factors for peri-implant disease. A second article covers minimally invasive extraction site management with dehydrated deepithelialized human amnion/c...
This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that discusses various implant solutions for the edentulous patient.
This Compendium eBook offers a continuing education (CE) article that delves into all aspects of Corticotomy-accelerated orthodontics (CAO). A literature review focuses on an area of increasing concern in pediatric dentistry: early screening for sleep-disordered breathing.
This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that describes how current technology has enabled dentists to use universal bonding agents for an expansive array of restorative cases. Dentists can now use one bonding product with many or, at times, all methods of etching ...
This Compendium eBook features a CE article that describes how the use of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) has proven efficacy in preventing the incidence of new caries lesions. Updated CDT code D1355, effective January 1, 2021, enables reporting the “per tooth” caries preventive applicati...
This Compendium eBook offers a continuing education (CE) article that explores whether a fully digital dental implant treatment solution is a real possibility at this time.This second article is a report that presents an example of a desktop 3D printer that can be used to create indirect re...
This Compendium eBook offers a continuing education (CE) article on the limitless possibilities of full-arch zirconia monolithic hybrid restorations and concluding with an article that shows how esthetic dentistry is also unlimited in terms of time, with a look at how it was practiced in th...
This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that describes how robotics may be used for precision placement of dental implants, including full-arch restorations. Robotic systems use haptic technology and offer a seamless, completely digital workflow, from intraoral sc...
In this special Compendium eBook, David C. Alexander, BDS, MSc, DDPH, and colleagues present a series of five continuing education (CE) articles on the importance of dental care before, during, and after pregnancy, both for mothers and children.
This Compendium eBook offers a continuing education (CE) feature creating the look of smile symmetry by applying classical esthetic principles while using digital methods. A second article presents a special report on producing surgical guides, specifically one practitioner’s transition f...
This Compendium eBook consists of a continuing education (CE) article on ridge preservation strategies in children who experience anterior tooth trauma. A second article is a case report that uses cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) for diagnosis, evaluation, and endodontic management of a...
This Compendium eBook consists of a continuing education (CE) article that presents an argument against extraction as a treatment alternative for restorable teeth, discussing the potential problems that may arise and explaining that there is a full range of alternatives. The second article ...
The development and regular use of adhesive materials has revolutionized many aspects of restorative and preventive dentistry. This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that discusses the advantages and disadvantages of a variety of techniques and materials, providi...
This Compendium eBook offers a continuing education (CE) article on prosthetically driven planning and immediate placement of a dental implant assisted with robotics. A second article is a peer perspective that provides a broad summary of specific technologies related to the CE article.
This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that describes a systematic treatment planning protocol of the edentulous maxilla for an implant-supported fixed prosthesis. A second CE article reviews local and systemic effects of mechanico-chemical retraction for fixed p...
This special Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that discusses the qualities of composites available on the market and the many factors involved in achieving esthetically pleasing composite restorations.
This special Compendium eBook delves into factors affecting malocclusion and bone, beginning with a continuing education (CE) article on surgically facilitated orthodontic treatment (SFOT), followed by an article that features a case report in which a segmental osteotomy was performed.
This Compendium eBook offers a continuing education (CE) article that features the importance of proper pretreatment diagnosis and the identification of etiology in endodontic retreatment. A second article provides an up-to-date report on comprehensive endodontic pain management.
Dentistry is more than performing procedures. A crucial aspect of the dental profession is the management of patient pain. As dentists, we need to treat this aspect of patient care with equal consideration and give it our utmost respect. This Compendium eBook focuses on this important topic...
This Compendium eBook provides a continuing education (CE) article on the esthetic and technical role of the abutment and a CE article on the problem of gingival recession in dental esthetics.
This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that reviews the use of the videoscope for videoscope-assisted minimally invasive surgery for teeth and implants.
This Compendium eBook offers a continuing education (CE) article on the future of oral cancer diagnosis. A second CE article discusses diagnosis and management of oral allergy syndrome (OAS).
Innovations that have had an impact on restorative dentistry, particularly direct restoration, are the focus of this special Compendium eBook.
This special Compendium eBook offers a continuing education (CE) feature on the evolution of full-arch implant prosthodontics and a peer perspective in orthodontics on how a patient’s airway can be visualized through 3-dimensional (3D) imaging with cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).
This special Compendium eBook provides two continuing education (CE) articles to assist practitioners and their teams in understanding classifications for diagnosis that will lead to optimum patient care.
This special Compendium eBook provides two continuing education (CE) articles on innovations in surgical instrumentation that can optimize outcomes in oral surgery.
This special Compendium eBook provides two continuing education (CE) articles on digital imaging and surgical planning in implant dentistry.
This special Compendium eBook provides two continuing education (CE) articles that emphasize the importance of teamwork in conjunction with orthodontics.
This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that reviews different teeth whitening methods, particularly an in-office technique to reduce tooth sensitivity using 37% carbamide peroxide.
This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article on advancements in technology that have provided a better understanding of the complex anatomies found in root canal systems.
This special Compendium eBook on implant-related topics puts the spotlight on osseodensification, providing the opportunity for readers to receive continuing education (CE) credit by taking a quiz on one or both articles in a two-part series.
This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that describes attachment system options for overdentures and then discusses both analog and digital methods of denture fabrication, explaining why digital methods may be preferable.
This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that explains ways to avoid common prosthetic implant complications in fixed restorations. The second CE article postulates that implants typically help retain peri-implant vertical bone height, presenting an evidence-based ...
This special CompendiumeBook provides two continuing education (CE) articles, one on esthetic interdisciplinary treatment (E-IDT) and the other on a proposed classification system for veneers that emphasizes the importance of looking past the surface in making treatment decisions.
This special eBook from Compendium provides an article, which offers two continuing education (CE) credits, that discusses the specifics of pharmacology as it relates to children. The second article provides a peer perspective on pulp therapy for an apprehensive child.
This special Compendium eBook puts the spotlight on two topics in oral surgery: papillae-sparing incisions and surgical complications from dietary supplements. Each topic is explored in a continuing education (CE) article.
This special Compendium eBook provides two continuing education (CE) articles designed to keep the clinician informed regarding periodontal challenges.
This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that focuses on potential benefits of materials used for direct restorations with claims of bioactivity.
Restorative dentistry takes the spotlight in this special Compendium eBook. Two continuing education (CE) articles are featured. The eBook concludes with a case report on a bioactive composite used to effectively treat a carious white-spot lesion.
This special Compendium eBook delivers a brand-new CE article on infection control, along with a peer perspective presenting additional information on disinfection measures.
This Compendium eBook includes a CE article that describes techniques for placement of posts. The second article presents a case report on a multidisciplinary approach to the management of a mandibular first molar.
This Compendium eBook offers a continuing education (CE) article on how dental professionals should take an interdisciplinary approach to their patients who are pregnant. The second CE defines the dental team’s role in maternal and child oral health during and after pregnancy.
This Compendium eBook features two continuing education (CE) articles on prosthodontics topics, one on materials for provisionals and the other on a device to aid in registering retruded contact position (RCP).
This Compendium eBook provides two articles related to cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), one an overview for continuing education (CE) credit and the other a case report in which CBCT was used for postoperative assessment.
This special Compendium eBook provides two articles on alternatives to opioids.
This Compendium eBook serves as a reference guide on a wide range of digits that may assist clinicians in enhancing the performance of implant dentistry. Important integers are presented in three segments related to the sequence of therapy.
This Compendium eBook provides a continuing education (CE) article on factors that make teeth diverse, aiding dental professionals in more effectively creating realistic restorations. The second CE aims at helping the restorative dentist achieve exceptional implant esthetics.
This Compendium eBook provides a continuing education (CE) article on fundamentals of interceptive orthodontics. A second article is a clinical review on merging clear aligner therapy with digital smile design.
This special Compendium eBook provides two articles on infection control. The first is a continuing education (CE) article on preventing infection and injury by using personal protective equipment, with an emphasis on eyewear. The second article covers dental unit waterline contamination by...
This special eBook from Compendium contains two articles, one involving general anesthesia and the other on local anesthesia. The first article is a continuing education (CE) course on using general anesthesia for patients with neurodegenerative disorders, while the second provides an updat...
Our two continuing education articles in this edition of the Compendium eBook series focus on pregnant patient care. The first CE emphasizes the importance of clinicians recognizing the physiologic changes that occur during pregnancy and their relevance to dental care delivery. The second a...
This special eBook from Compendium presents two continuing education (CE) articles on procedures in implantology. The first CE provides a systematic treatment planning protocol for an implant-supported fixed prosthesis for patients with an edentulous maxilla. The second CE offers 10 keys fo...
This Compendium eBook features a CE article on some of the most up-to-date information regarding emerging technologies in dental caries detection and risk assessment. It discusses different levels of invasiveness involved in treating caries. Silver diamine fluoride is given a special focus.
Welcome to another edition of the Compendium eBook series, in which we focus on restorative dentistry. As the development of dental materials advances at a brisk pace, it is critical that clinicians stay abreast of the latest technological innovations and understand the nuances of various m...
The relationship between endodontics and restoration is explored in two continuing education (CE) articles presented in this special Compendium eBook. The first article explains the importance of obtaining a pulpal and periradicular diagnosis before restorative treatment. The second discuss...
This special Compendium eBook brings you two continuing education (CE) articles on topics in periodontics. The first article explores the use of tuberosity connective tissue for root coverage and ridge augmentation. The second article describes extraction site preservation using a graft mat...
This Compendium eBook features a CE article that presents a comprehensive, practical, and evidence-based approach to the current management of xerostomia for the practicing oral healthcare professional.
This special Compendium eBook provides two continuing education (CE) articles on oral surgery topics, particularly as they relate to implant-oriented concerns. The first article covers utilization of dense polytetrafluoroethylene (d-PTFE) barriers for post-extraction bone regeneration in pr...
This special Compendium eBook provides two articles featuring topics in dental sleep medicine. The first is a continuing education (CE) article on how cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) can be used to detect possible sleep disorders, with specific case examples. The second article is a cl...
Prosthetic considerations are in the forefront in this special Compendium eBook. The eBook provides two continuing education (CE) articles and a case report involving advances in fixed and removable prosthodontics and related considerations.
The world has embraced digital technology, and dentistry is no exception. This special Compendium eBook contains two continuing education (CE) articles that focus on digital imaging with cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and related technology.
Dentistry increasingly consists of many specialties that are brought together in the interest of optimal patient care. This special Compendium eBook contains two continuing education (CE) articles focusing on the role of orthodontics in cases that involve an interdisciplinary team.
This special Compendium eBook provides a continuing education (CE) article designed to help dental professionals understand the danger of waterborne pathogens and the importance of testing, disinfecting, and maintaining dental water lines to avoid contamination from microbe-containing biofi...
Advances in periodontal tissue regeneration and periodontal health assessment are topics featured in this special Compendium eBook, with two continuing education (CE) articles. The eBook also includes a case report on an edentulous patient.
This Compendium eBook features a CE article on the current generation of resin adhesives and the wide variety of restorations that can be placed with them. It also reviews adhesive systems and describes their various classifications, from earlier generations to the etch-and-rinse, self-etch...
This special Compendium eBook focuses on advances in dentistry that involve unique considerations for younger patients. The first article is a continuing education course on orthodontic-associated localized gingival recession of the lower incisors. The second article describes case reports ...
As the number of older Americans grows, edentulism is likely to be an increasing problem here. To aid dental professionals in keeping up-to-date on implantology, this special Compendium eBook offers two continuing education (CE) articles and a case report on a concept for addressing the nee...
This special Compendium eBook presents two articles on topics in endodontics. The first article, a continuing education course with a quiz for 2 credits, examines various steps of endodontic treatment and how, from a restorative standpoint, treatment can be improved for better long-term predictabili...
This Compendium eBook includes two continuing education articles that examine drugs used in pain management. The first article discusses reasons for drug abuse among the elderly, warning signs associated with substance abuse, and the implications of this problem to the oral cavity and the d...
This Compendium eBook on advances in restorative dentistry takes both scientific assessment and general observation into consideration with the presentation of two continuing education articles on caries topics and a peer perspective on the importance of showing patients their own smile.
This special Compendium eBook presents two different oral surgery topics as two separate continuing education articles. The first article explains the biological and clinical advantages of using platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) with or without a bone grafting material for sinus augmentation proce...
In this issue of Compendium's Clinical eBook Series, we present two articles that are intended to help clinicians improve their pediatric care. The continuing education (CE) article compares the use of traditional methods in pediatric dentistry with digital methods and explores how a digita...
Undiagnosed sleep apnea significantly impacts one's health and productivity, so oral healthcare practitioners are increasingly expanding their practices to help their patients with breathing-disturbed sleep. In this special eBook from Compendium, two perspectives on dental sleep medicine are present...
In this special eBook from Compendium, we offer two continuing education articles designed to keep the dental professional updated on how digital dental technology is replacing traditional workflows and becoming the new standard in dentistry. The first CE article describes the benefits of acquiring ...
In our constantly evolving world, digital changes have had an impact on dentistry as conventional dentures have made way for implants and fixed prostheses created through digital design. The first CE article in this eBook reviews basic principles of nonpressure mucostatic and selective-pressure func...
This eBook provides two continuing education articles on infection control. The first CE article identifies common hazards dental workers face on a daily basis, including infectious agents such as bloodborne pathogens, patient blood, and other body fluids. The author then presents strategies for pr...
This eBook provides two continuing education articles on orthodontics. The first CE article demonstrates the use of forced eruption and a novel subperiosteal minimally invasive (a)esthetic ridge-augmentation technique, known by the acronym SMART, for the treatment of a complex iatrogenic gingival-al...
This eBook provides two continuing education articles on periodontics, specifically on the topic of root coverage. In the first CE article, the author reviews and differentiates the therapies used to treat gingival recession and areas of deficient attached gingiva. In the second CE article, the auth...
The two continuing education articles in this eBook focus on different aspects of pain management. The first article provides an in-depth review of different injection techniques and patient management methodologies designed to decrease the fear of dental needles. In the second CE article, the use o...
This special Compendium eBook is aimed at helping clinicians expand their implant dentistry knowledge and improve their skills.The first CE article discusses risk indicators and prevention of implant soft-tissue complications. The second CE article explains the risks and benefits of periodontal prob...
This Compendium eBook provides two continuing education articles on restorative dentistry, each focusing on topics related specifically to enamel. In the first CE, the author offers a systematic approach for early intervention for asymptomatic vertical enamel and dentin cracks based on current evide...
This Compendium eBook features a CE article that will increase practitioners' knowledge of the value, service, and benefits of salvaging implant-supported prostheses.
This eBook provides two continuing education articles on endodontics topics. The first article reviews solutions to the problem of endodontic rotary file breakage. In the second article, the authors examine mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA), a material that has become vital in endodontic dentistry.
This special Compendium eBook offers two continuing education articles designed to keep the dental professional updated on techniques for oral surgery practices. The first article provides an update on new developments in diode laser soft-tissue surgery based on current understanding of laser-tissue...
The special Compendium eBook explores factors for implant success. According to the authors of our first CE article, there are many factors that affect primary implant stability. The authors focus on the impact of insertion torque on achieving predictable osseointegration. Our second CE article desc...
This special Compendium eBook provides two CE articles to increase practitioners' knowledge of endodontics topics. The first article describes the vital role that irrigation plays in successful endodontic treatment. The second article addresses the complexity of the pulp root canal and the difficult...
This special Compendium eBook provides a continuing education article that explains the value of dental office employees wearing personal protective equipment (PPE). Additionally, the eBook provides two other articles on infection control topics, one on the importance of having a designated infectio...
Restorative procedures in pediatric dentistry involve special considerations for the growing dentition. Both the patient's current situation and future needs must be kept in mind. In this Compendium eBook, two continuing education articles are provided, each presenting different concerns regarding d...
This special Compendium eBook provides two CE articles on very different topics, offering more than just practical knowledge on restorative procedures. In addition to describing details concerning a palatal erosion, it gives an in-depth look at a well-known restorative material. This eBook concludes...
This special Compendium eBook on prosthodontics provides information on specific topics as well as general principles regarding the human side of dentistry that should not be forgotten. The first article discusses use of a dual-axis implant designed to help clinicians overcome anatomical constraints...
This special Compendium eBook emphasizes how a dentist is responsible for relieving patients of pain in a conscientious, safe fashion. The first article encourages dentists to educate themselves on the ongoing opioid crisis in America in order to better serve their patients while helping control th...
This special Compendium eBook focuses on combating peri-implant disease maintaining good tissue health and enhancing esthetics. The first article describes ways in which peri-implantitis is diagnosed and how to evaluate levels of risk as a means of preventing onset of this disease. A second article...
This Compendium eBook highlights two articles on oral surgery. The first article describes periodontal surgical approaches in interdisciplinary treatment of patients with a gummy smile and short tooth syndrome. The second article discusses the progression in dental techniques over time for sinus f...
This Compendium eBook features two articles on pediatric dentistry topics that go far beyond esthetics. The first article highlights treatment of a developing child with fusion of a maxillary central and lateral incisor with a congenitally missing lateral. The second article focuses on drug-associ...
This special Compendium eBook describes a successful CO2 laser vestibular extension procedure performed in a patient with a chromosomal abnormality. It also presents a thorough classification for extraction sockets of single-rooted teeth, while providing guidance to clinicians i...
This special Compendium eBook discusses how dentists need to be cognizant of the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs when prescribing opioids for pain control. Also, six different reversal agents are described that dentists can use for adverse drug reactions. Download today and earn 4 FREE CEU!
This special Compendium eBook discusses how local anesthesia can be used to provide pain-free endodontic therapy. Also, a successful pulp capping procedure is described along with stepwise excavation associated with restorative treatment for deep caries lesions. Download today and earn 4 FREE CEU!
This issue of Compendium's Clinical eBook Series features two continuing education articles aimed at improving orthodontics, including reducing the time needed to complete treatment as well as the use of lasers to enhance esthetic outcomes of orthodontic treatment. Download to earn 4 FREE CEU now!
Clinicians must be diligent when treating patients, and similarly, need to be vigilant about the condition of their offices and operatories in regard to inhibiting infection control. This eBook is aimed at assisting clinicians in their endeavors to combat contamination. Download to earn 4 FREE CEU!
As more dentists learn the practice of implant restorations, it is helpful to know what problems to look for and how to overcome them if they do occur. This eBook focuses on complications commonly seen with fixed implant restorations and patient adaptation to new dentures. Earn 4 FREE CEU now!
As material advances continue to broaden restorative options, proper retention is more critical than ever to success. This eBook focuses on techniques to improve adhesion and resin bonding and preserve the maximum amount of natural tooth structure. Download today and earn 4 FREE CEU!
Earn 4 FREE CEU! Practitioners have many factors to consider to ensure successful results. This eBook features two CE articles by some of Compendium’s top contributing authors and highlights two critical topics that will impact virtually any dental implant practitioner.
Earn 4 FREE CEU! This eBook features three articles focusing on restorative dentistry with an emphasis on caries management. The first CE article reviews remineralizing therapeutics; the second CE concentrates on risk factor identification; and a "peer perspective" discusses the importance of early ...
Earn 4 FREE CEU! This eBook features three articles focusing on implant solutions. The role of narrow-diameter implants as an option for provisional and definitive fixed restorations is discussed in two offerings, while the third article reviews risk factors and treatments for peri-implantitis.
With more than 24 million endodontic procedures being performed in the United States annually, endodontists are discovering new methods and technologies to treat their patients effectively, quickly, and comfortably. This eBook examines topics aimed at helping endodontists master their craft.